Connecting the Amplifier
For a full home theater sound experience, an external
Dolby Digital* decoder and a multichannel amplifier
must be connected to the Digital Audio Out terminal on
the TV.
OPTICAL IN
(TOS Link)
Amplifier
AUDIO INPUT
L
R
∗ Dolby Digital 5.1 channel surround sound delivers digital-quality
sound. Dolby Digital provides five discrete full bandwidth channels
for front left, front right, center, surround left, and surround right, plus
a Low Frequency Effect (LFE) subwoofer channel.
1
Select Off for Speakers in the Audio menu; see
"Speakers" under "Other Adjust" on page 40.
2
Adjust the amplifier volume to the desired level.
n
Depending on your DVD player and DVD-
audio software, the copyright protection
function may operate and disable optical
output.
External speakers cannot be connected
directly to Output terminals.
With an ATSC channel, the output from
Digital Audio Out is Dolby Digital. With
an NTSC channel, the output is PCM.
Optical digital audio cable
Or
D I G I T A L
AUD IO O U T
Audio cable
DIGITAL
AUDIO OUT
Back of the TV
AV IN
Y
C a b l e C A R D
Y
T M
A NT E NN A
C a b l e I n
P
B
VIDEO
P
R
L
PC
L
R
AUDIO
AUDIO
R
OUTPUT
IN
1
2
AUDIO OUT
COMPONENT VIDEO
INPUT
R
L
AUDIO IN
Y
P
B
S VIDEO
P
R
VIDEO
L
R
TO AUDIO AMP
INPUT 1
INPUT 2
PROGOUT
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Connecting